Spittin

Noah is a good baby- an expert snuggler.  Be jealous, mommas,  my baby would sit on my lap all day just melting.  I love that I can squish his little cheek against mine, and sing to him, and he just seems to soak up all the love.  Yes, he is good natured, but it is a baby’s drive to DO that makes them develop and progress.  For Noah progression in development requires me to show him what he should do next.  I am constantly thinking on this as I am caring for my children or home, and Noah is just happily chewing his thumb, but not progressing.  There are not enough hours in the day.

Noah has been babbly and spitty the last few weeks.  “Ba-da-da-da-da-mam-mam-ma-ba-pffftt.”  It is a relief to hear him make these verbal milestones.  With this new trick he has learned to spray, and squirt his medicine (hilarious ).   If I had an extra hand, I would take a video.

In the last month, he has started a new medication for reflux, and it has helped amazingly!  He no longer wakes up in the morning breathing like he is slurping the last of his milkshake through a straw (TMI?).  Previous to that he hadn’t gained weight in about 2 months, and I was getting worried (though none of his doctors seemed to be too concerned).  I am thankful for hard, cleanable floors and a washing machine.  I am still perplexed as to why he didn’t seem to have a problem until about 2 months ago.  What changed?  He has a swallow study in January and they will investigate more.  We shall see…

His Pulmonologist thinks he may be close to being done with oxygen.  He has the dreaded sleep study in January, and hopefully the results will remove oxygen from our routine.  It was the same doctor who started the discussion about reflux and got us connected with Neurology when Noah was having seizures.  I am so thankful for her and good medical care!

He has appointments tomorrow, and for the first time, I am not shaking in my boots over the bloodwork.  “Worry fatigue?”